"by halves" 怎么发音
expression
ˈbaɪ/ /ˈhævz
BY HAVZ
bˈaɪ/ /hˈɑːvz
BY HAAVZ
释义
If you do something 'by halves', you do it without putting in your full effort or you complete it only partially.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈbaɪ/ /ˈhævz
英式英语
bˈaɪ/ /hˈɑːvz
简化发音
美式
BY HAVZ
英式
BY HAAVZ
语境中听
She never does anything by halves.
Don’t study by halves if you want to pass the test.
His efforts were only by halves, so he didn’t succeed.
They started the project full of energy, but ended up doing it by halves.